Adding an Appliance Administrator from NIS (BUI)
If you have an existing user in
NIS who would like to log in using their NIS credentials and administer
the appliance:
Note -
If both NIS and LDAP are configured on the appliance and the services return
different information for a particular item, the appliance will use the data
provided by NIS.
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Go to Configuration > Services > NIS.
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Set the NIS domain and server properties.
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Click APPLY to commit the configuration.
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Go to Configuration > Users.
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Add a user with type "directory".
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Set the username to their NIS username.
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Continue with the instructions in Configuring Users for adding authorizations to this user.